Falling in love... with life.

Chocolate day, Rose day, Propose day, Teddy Day, Promise day, Kiss day and Finally .. Valentine's Day. Love is in the air again.. 
 Today I did something strange, away from all the "love mania" , I took out time and went to the terrace. A soft orange hue filled the sky as the winter sun gave way to the warm gentle glow of the spring sun. I felt kinda lonely, hoping that I'd have someone standing beside me in this moment and just look at the beautiful scene together..
Suddenly, a question pops up in my ever wandering mind.. Is love really about giving each other expensive gifts, saying I love you ten times a day, going on romantic dates on Valentine's Day? My heart doesn't agree.
Coz when I look at the beautiful scene around me, I feel love all around.In the air, in the water, in the people and , inside me. In the distance, I see the sun making love to the sea. I see the silhouette of two birds sitting on a branch, with the warm sun acting as the perfect backdrop. I look down and I see an elderly couple, walking hand in hand, still in love after years of togetherness. Then I look on the adjacent building and I see the love in a mother's eyes as she tenderly caresses her child.
And then, my heart fills with hope again. There is love in every little gift of the Nature.
The next time, you want to stop believing that love exists, look around you. You'll see how important love is when you see the pain in the eye of an orphan. You'll feel the joy of love when you taste the raindrops on your skin..
Yes, I am in love again. In love- with life.
:)


Never stop believing. Never stop loving. Never stop living!  <3

Dreams

As I lie under my blanket and stare at the ceiling , there is a strange fire inside me. A fire which makes it difficult to lie down. A fire which makes me want to get up and start working on a dream. A fire which makes me want to give a meaning to my life. And that fire overpowers my tiredness.

What are dreams ? What are passions? 

Today we had a career counselling session in our school. And I can say I met one of the most amazing people ever in my life. He shared his life , work and much more with us. He had come from a small district in Bihar. But he had a passion. A self belief to go against the stereotyped world and the "conventional" career choices. And he never let the fire inside him die down. Today he is on the Most Influential People list on CNN IBN and has created a NGO which reaches out to millions of people..

It makes me wonder, if one man can dare to dream and bring changes, what if all of us discover that passion within us ? It surely will be a happier and more meaningful world. 

Do you have a dream? A driving force that forces you to wake up in the morning and work towards it..?

A goal which seems clear in front of your eyes even when the world seems dark?

A friend which guides you when all hope is lost?

If you have , don't let anyone bring you down. It's your life and only you can decide which way to take it. Change that dream into reality. If you have a passion, don't succumb to compromises.. So that later on in life, when you look back at life, and at one point of time, everyone looks back , you don't have the chance to say "I could have, I should have but I didn't.."

People who dare to dream , are sure as hell faced with challenges and failures. People mock at them, people around them usually earn more and parents quite often don't understand what their child wants. The road that leads us there , is tough. But dreamers always find a way.

As someone said, 

Challenges are what makes life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes it meaningful.

I'd like to end this post with these beautiful lines from The Alchemist :

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.”  The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho